Shernaz X. Bamji

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Shernaz X. Bamji is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shernaz X. Bamji has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Shernaz X. Bamji's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers). Shernaz X. Bamji is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers). Shernaz X. Bamji collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Russia. Shernaz X. Bamji's co-authors include Freda D. Miller, Raquel Aloyz, G. Stefano Brigidi, Carrie G. Causing, Christine D. Pozniak, Daniel J. Belliveau, Louis F. Reichardt, Nikole E. Kimes, Marta Majdan and J. Paul Fawcett and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shernaz X. Bamji

45 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation

2024 83 citations Francisco S. Mesquita, Laurence Abrami et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shernaz X. Bamji Canada	32	2.0k	1.9k	609	604	579	47	3.8k
Sung Ok Yoon United States	36	2.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	394 0.6×	927 1.5×	513 0.9×	54	4.2k
Stephen R. Salton United States	36	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	552 0.9×	452 0.7×	910 1.6×	88	3.8k
Keling Zang United States	23	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	464 0.8×	856 1.4×	436 0.8×	27	3.8k
Toshiyuki Araki Japan	33	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	437 0.7×	757 1.3×	698 1.2×	94	5.6k
Rejji Kuruvilla United States	29	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	706 1.2×	523 0.9×	424 0.7×	45	3.3k
Riccardo Brambilla Italy	37	2.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	649 1.1×	628 1.0×	692 1.2×	75	5.0k
Junji Yamauchi Japan	38	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	948 1.6×	626 1.0×	368 0.6×	181	4.4k
Jean‐Christophe Deloulme France	31	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	626 1.0×	645 1.1×	372 0.6×	64	4.1k
Maria K. Lehtinen United States	30	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	642 1.1×	782 1.3×	387 0.7×	63	4.5k
Feng‐Quan Zhou United States	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	838 1.4×	807 1.3×	451 0.8×	51	3.8k

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White, Ralph Devere, Angela R. Wild, Timothy P. O’Leary, et al.. (2025). The X‐Linked Intellectual Disability Gene, ZDHHC9, Is Important for Oligodendrocyte Subtype Determination and Myelination. Glia. 73(7). 1452–1466.

Mesquita, Francisco S., Laurence Abrami, Maurine E. Linder, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(6). 488–509. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Jeong, Hey‐Kyeong, J. H. Coakley, Jinha Hwang, et al.. (2024). Micro-scale control of oligodendrocyte morphology and myelination by the intellectual disability-linked protein acyltransferase ZDHHC9. eLife. 13.

Wild, Angela R., et al.. (2023). Activity-dependent post-translational regulation of palmitoylating and depalmitoylating enzymes in the hippocampus. Journal of Cell Science. 136(7). 9 indexed citations

Wild, Angela R., et al.. (2023). CellPalmSeq: A curated RNAseq database of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzyme expression in human cell types and laboratory cell lines. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1110550–1110550. 15 indexed citations

Wild, Angela R., et al.. (2022). Exploring the expression patterns of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzymes in the mouse brain using the curated RNA-seq database BrainPalmSeq. eLife. 11. 23 indexed citations

Connor, Steven A., Fergil Mills, Parisa Karimi Tari, et al.. (2022). Distinct but overlapping roles of LRRTM1 and LRRTM2 in developing and mature hippocampal circuits. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

Sepers, Marja D., et al.. (2021). Regulation of hippocampal excitatory synapses by the Zdhhc5 palmitoyl acyltransferase. Journal of Cell Science. 134(9). 14 indexed citations

Bamji, Shernaz X., et al.. (2017). Protein palmitoylation in the development and plasticity of neuronal connections. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 45. 210–220. 55 indexed citations

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Brigidi, G. Stefano, et al.. (2015). Activity-regulated trafficking of the palmitoyl-acyl transferase DHHC5. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8200–8200. 90 indexed citations

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Brigidi, G. Stefano, Yu Sun, Dayne Beccano-Kelly, et al.. (2014). Palmitoylation of δ-catenin by DHHC5 mediates activity-induced synapse plasticity. Nature Neuroscience. 17(4). 522–532. 99 indexed citations

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Brigidi, G. Stefano & Shernaz X. Bamji. (2013). Detection of Protein Palmitoylation in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons by Immunoprecipitation and Acyl-Biotin Exchange (ABE). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 84 indexed citations

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Tapia, Lucı́a, Austen J. Milnerwood, Fergil Mills, et al.. (2011). Progranulin Deficiency Decreases Gross Neural Connectivity But Enhances Transmission at Individual Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(31). 11126–11132. 73 indexed citations

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Brigidi, G. Stefano & Shernaz X. Bamji. (2011). Cadherin-catenin adhesion complexes at the synapse. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21(2). 208–214. 80 indexed citations

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Levinson, Joshua N., et al.. (2009). Postsynaptic scaffolding molecules modulate the localization of neuroligins. Neuroscience. 165(3). 782–793. 33 indexed citations

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Bamji, Shernaz X., Beatriz Rico, Nikole E. Kimes, & Louis F. Reichardt. (2006). BDNF mobilizes synaptic vesicles and enhances synapse formation by disrupting cadherin–β-catenin interactions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 174(2). 289–299. 147 indexed citations

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Bamji, Shernaz X.. (2005). Cadherins: Actin with the Cytoskeleton to Form Synapses. Neuron. 47(2). 175–178. 53 indexed citations

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Gloster, Andrew T., H. El‐Bizri, Shernaz X. Bamji, David T. Rogers, & Freda D. Miller. (1999). Early induction of T?1 ?-tubulin transcription in neurons of the developing nervous system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 405(1). 45–60. 88 indexed citations

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Majdan, Marta, Christian Lachance, Andrew T. Gloster, et al.. (1997). Transgenic Mice Expressing the Intracellular Domain of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Undergo Neuronal Apoptosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(18). 6988–6998. 183 indexed citations

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Bamji, Shernaz X. & Freda D. Miller. (1996). Comparison of the expression of a T?1:nlacZ transgene and T?1 ?-tubulin mRNA in the mature central nervous system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 374(1). 52–69. 31 indexed citations

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